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Yesterday, saw a sign for an estate sale and swung by. It had far more guy stuff than any lately, but I'm pretty well covered (and then some) so was just looking. In the basement shop, sitting on the floor under a table, was a near-new Milwaukee circular saw for $10; IIRC, they were at least...

At a garage sale recently, I picked up a nice Kennedy #360 Mechanic's Chest for cheap; didn't really need it, but too good a deal to pass up. Carrying the chest out to the car, I spotted the lift-out socket tray which sits in the top till underneath the lid. So proud of myself for getting...

I've got extras of random Snap-on ratchets, wrenches, sockets, et al. The thought was to make up a list of my extras and my WTTF (want to trade for) and see if there was any interest. However, now that a USPS Small Flat Rate Box keeps going up, now $8.45, how could we make an economical trade...

In a random small garage sale lot, there were four Snap-on FRES 3/8"drive torque spline adapters. Sixty years of this and never heretofore seen those. What is the application? jack vines

Over the past fifty years, I've picked up a dozen various used Kennedy machinist's chests and mechanic's chests and one roller cabinet. The prices ranged from $25 - $50 for the 7-drawers to $350 for a chest-and-roller stack. Yesterday, having promised and sworn off garage sales for almost two...

I've successfully calibrated a few Rimac Valve Spring Testers, have the test springs, have the basic instructions from Rimac, but I've got a new-looking 500# unit from Goodson which is giving me fits. When I follow instructions, move the small bar to get the low end of the scale to read...

I have neat old Australian-made valve spring tester which is quite a ways out of calibration. Since it's a closed load cell, connected via a small copper tube soldered to a presumably mechanical gauge mechanism, two questions: 1. How were they originally calibrated? Is there a medium under...

Just scrolling craigslist and saw yet another large vise, a Reed this time, which had been broken and the weld repair looks like catshite smeared on. Reed made TOUGH vises. but someone broke this one in half. Thinking about it, for sixty years, I've been in heavy industry, auto repair...

I'm looking at garage heaters advertised locally as: King KB4805 5KW, 480-volt 3 phase electric heaters. When I go to the King Electric website, that model doesn't show, but some similar units are listed as "120, 208, 240, 277, 480 volt" and others as "1-3 phase". The King website is very short...

Some might recall I've mentioned my problems with Ryobi tools, batteries and chargers. However, a new neighbor took it to new heights; he gave away a new Ryobi electric mower. Yesterday was pickup day for our garbage, recycling and yard waste. Heading out in my work truck, one block east of...

Our older kitchen refrigerator wasn't keeping up with the 100+degree temperatures, family visits and high demand for ice, opening the doors regularly. I turned both controls to max and still wasn't getting the job done. We began shopping for a new unit, of course got both sticker shock and...

While doing a major plumbing revision, I took the water softener out of service and set it aside. Two weeks later, I reinstalled the water softener and had major leaks between two sections sealed by O-rings; sections which had NOT been disassembled and which had been water tight for ten years...

First, the rant! Had to replace a water softener and the new one has the In/Out on opposite sides from the old one; and of course, it's plumbed with soldered copper hard lines. To switch the two would require soldering a dozen joints. I used to be pretty good back when MAPP gas was available...

A family member lives in the mountains and has very hard water. It kills lifetime guarantee Kohler ceramic washer faucets every few years. Their water softener is a standard homeowner unit and has lasted ten years. It was obviously wearing down, using less salt and treated water gradually...

Can use mild, alloy or stainless. Must be less than 2.0" ID. jack vines

We have a seventy-five-year-old small frame single-car garage with the old two-section wooden overhead door, which needs replacing. I'd like to replace it with a roll-up type door, but the lower-end priced ones I see don't work with openers. The high-end, i.e. Overhead Door, are priced like a...

A machinery broker friend bought a complete automotive machine shop and for helping him load out, we get the scraps. There was an older Miller Dialarc HF welder, labled 460-volt input. The broker didn't want to pay anything for it and the building owner said, "Well, who's got 460-volt...

Going back almost sixty years, the Globemaster bin by the checkout counter of the hardware and auto parts stores were where the inexpensive import tools were on sale for .59 or two-for-a-dollar and later, "any tool .99." Just saw on craigslist today a local guy is seeing an opportunity we all...

Greetings, Retail spray cans of Brake Kleen, WD-40, et al, have gotten into the $10 ridiculous range. Back when, we'd buy WD-40, paint thinner, solvents, by the gallon and pour into a cannister which could be pressurized to spray it. Don't remember why we don't do that any more, but before...

Our son bought a Swedish Cake electric motorcycle and it's pretty cool. However, on the first off-road ride, the rear license/turn signal bracket snapped in half with a much less severe impact than Japanese off-road bikes routinely survive. At first glance, at 2 mm thick, the bracket should...